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ArticleNano letters2015

Dendrimer-Inspired Nanomaterials for the in Vivo Delivery of siRNA to Lung Vasculature.

Omar F Khan, Edmond W Zaia, Siddharth Jhunjhunwala, Wen Xue, Wenxin Cai, Dong Soo Yun, Carmen M Barnes, James E Dahlman, Yizhou Dong, Jeisa M Pelet and 5 more

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Article in Nano letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Omar F Khan†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Edmond W Zaia†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Siddharth Jhunjhunwala†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Wen Xue†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Wenxin Cai†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Dong Soo Yun†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Carmen M Barnes∥Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
James E Dahlman†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Yizhou Dong†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Jeisa M Pelet†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Matthew J Webber†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Jonathan K Tsosie†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Tyler E Jacks†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Robert Langer†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Daniel G Anderson†Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USAlnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHarvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology · US

Funding

The Development of Clinical Grade, Targeted Magnetic NanoparticlesU54CA151884 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELCHER, ANGELA M. · 2010 to 2014
$11.3M
Investigating microRNA miR-34a in lung cancer development and therapyR00CA169512 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI XUE, WEN · 2014 to 2016
$747k
Investigating microRNA miR-34a in lung cancer development and therapyK99CA169512 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI XUE, WEN · 2012 to 2013
$221k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS 1K99CA169512NCI NIH HHS K99 CA169512NCI NIH HHS R00 CA169512NCI NIH HHS U54 CA151884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted RNA delivery to lung endothelial cells has the potential to treat conditions that involve inflammation, such as chronic asthma and obstructive pulmonary disease. To this end, chemically modified dendrimer nanomaterials were synthesized and optimized for targeted small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery to lung vasculature. Using a combinatorial approach, the free amines on multigenerational poly(amido amine) and poly(propylenimine) dendrimers were substituted with alkyl chains of increasing length. The top performing materials from in vivo screens were found to primarily target Tie2-expressing lung endothelial cells. At high doses, the dendrimer-lipid derivatives did not cause chronic increases in proinflammatory cytokines, and animals did not suffer weight loss due to toxicity. We believe these materials have potential as agents for the pulmonary delivery of RNA therapeutics.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsDendrimersEndothelial CellsHumansLungNanostructuresRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingDendrimersRNA, Small Interferingin vivomodified dendrimer nanoparticlesnanomaterialsiRNAtarget lung endothelial cells

Identifiers

PMID25789998
PMCPMC4825876
OpenAlexW1972523784

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